Hang in there Bootcamp you are on your way to the Greatest Adventure of your life! I was a instructor at RTC GL's, made Chief there in '90, alot has changed mostly for the better! Chief on the side, your side!!

Very cool thanks! Looks so much different than when I was stationed there 30 years ago

Nice! Thanks for showing us around. My brother is in boot camp right now, cant wait to see him for PIR!

Weather wise... I am quite impressed with the improvements!

Thanks for the tour Chris. Aunt Mary can't wait to meet you.

Boorda Hall looks nice... never existed when I was there 80 to 82... it was Snipes Castle back then.

Great video man love the humbleness and the explaining keep them coming I'm going to meps soon

Sick video, leave August 20th as a QM in the navy. Can’t wait

Bruh! Good to see you!

Thank you so much for this video! It was very informative and helpful and I appreciate you taking the time out of your day to make it. I leave September 26th and I'm going in as a QM

@chrismayfield4345

6 жыл бұрын

+Katy Montejano I appreciate it! I made this video for people as curious as you. Kill it in boot & everything will be a piece of cake.

I’m amazed with the NEX store wow!!! They have everything!!

was stationed at Marine Barracks Great Lakes 1965 - 1966 ,was a great duty station , lots of fun ! Marines ran the Brig , after two years out of Camp Lejuene ,NC ,with FMF , Two cruises ,Great Lakes was like a vacation !!

I was stationed there 84 thru 88. Loved it.

Thanks Chris , a walk down memory lane for me - refreshing. I'd do it again , but better . Hope you can do the whole tour, get that rank , job skills and retirement check//high adventure to you good luck..

I went to corps school when it was still there and our runs took us all over naval station great lakes. I remember a huge hill by where you were at the lake we used to sprint up. Brutal pt for navy standards. And it was every day, red flag, black flag, our instructors DID NOT CARE lol

My bf is currently in rtc there and will also be boarding there after. Thank you so much for showing us around and all the good info!

Major nostalgia bro. Thank you so much for the video. As shitty as it was at the time I truly miss it. I’m a Seabee now. 3rd class Petty Officer. I definitely plan on taking a trip back to TSC with my girl and my daughter to re live the memories when I was there for A-School as a perspective ET. I was huge into skateboarding and me and my buddies would always go to Chicago and skate.

@trilla5127

2 жыл бұрын

How is the seabees?

I was stationed at Great Lakes when I got out of the Navy back in 2012. I was 23 so it was pretty cool cause I got drunk a bunch

I miss Naval Great Lakes 🙌🏻 I stayed in the barracks right across from the outside track !

@Therealtrailer707

Жыл бұрын

So did I, the “Essex” in 2005. We’ll around fed 2006 actually. Boot camp Nov 8 2005.

one of the things I learned while in the Navy, I served aboard the USS Boxer LHD-4 out of San Diego, Ca got to see the world, cultures, the beauty of the world......the world , cultures are amazing and we in the USA are a minuscule to whats out there......I was also stationed in Rota, Spain. Absolutely AMAZING. The Spanish, the culture, the things to do......the ancient cities, Granada, Cordoba, Sevilla (Seville) Ronda....(thats just the southern part of Spain -Andalucia -where Naval Station Rota, Spain is located......saw other parts of Europe, Germany, France, Portugal, England.....but really, in my opinion nothing beats the heart beat of Spain......never ever boring......ever. Always some fiesta or something to do! I hope you are blessed to do the same, I saw your other videos ! Great acting and great videos, keep up the awesome work ! Thanks !

@chrismayfield4345

7 жыл бұрын

+A.ROMERO78USN see. This here makes me jealous beyond words. I believe I'll be getting the boot. Luckily for me, I can travel the world with my girlfriend who is also in the Navy. She'll be going to Virginia &I then off to Hawaii! Have you been there?? Thanks for the love and support! If you're interested you can share any of these videos for educational purposes ( this video in particular lol) or too laugh!

@navy4735

7 жыл бұрын

hola. HAWAII.....??? I have been there numerous times...loved it !! Guam as well, Bali.....East Timor....(during war-helped build a education post) loved it all....the cultures is what got me....absolutely incredible. the people are so kind....been to Thailand as well.....Australia.....Hong Kong....list goes on..hahahaha!! Loved Thailand as well.....

Holy shit you sailors got it made in the shade these days. 2005-2009 that base looked the almost the same hit the barracks wtf is that a 4 star hotel now. I stayed I stayed in the old “Essex” barracks so seeing those new ones is wild.

You didn’t go to the old Corpsman Side to give us all PTSD 😅 I was roomed up in the ghetto ass 129 barracks. Our fun was Parcheezi’s/aka Sleezy Cheezys. Loved the awesome friends and memories we made. Still talk over a decade later. I completely forgot about Samuel Adams Brewery. 🍻

Was there for about a year for A school. I played so much football on that field

This was very interesting I had passed all my tests with the Navy recruiters and everything and was planning on going in and then I wound up having a woman on the cell phone wind up rear-ending my car at a red light and wound up fracturing my spine and that pretty much put an end to that dream. but if I'd gone in like I wanted to living in Ohio great lakes training center is where I would have gone it's all really sorry that I wound up not being able to do that was very disappointed and I truly enjoyed the video.

@michaelb.8953

4 жыл бұрын

So sorry to hear how one stupid person of whom you never met can alter your path in life all because you were in the wrong place at the wrong time and none of it was your fault. Hopefully all is good now.

I remember the initial lines! Your mommy isnt here!😀😀😀😀😀😀

Great Lakes is actually where I got my first smartphone

They were just beginning that contruction when I left in 97 to C school. 17 months in that hell hole... there are really 3 months year there that doesnt suck balls...

When I was there I called it great mistakes

great video, very positive attitude.....really like that part.....looks like you were Naval Special Warfare? If you dont mind me asking, how did you injure yourself? What is your rate ? Keep up the videos ! invest in a go pro camera, I was a bit dizzy ..trying to figure out what was what and going all over...lol ....overall, pretty good stuff. looks like you got a very bright outlook despite the set back, keep fighting and move forward !

@chrismayfield4345

7 жыл бұрын

A.ROMERO78USN I injured myself doing mask retrieval in the SpecWar community. I've been LIMDU status awaiting surgery since this video. Currently I'm staff but really hoping to get back into the SpecWar program! I actually just invested in a really nice camera. If you will, check out my latest video (it's a little dif than this video) and let me know what you think of the camera! Appreciate the love!

This was where I did my boot camp in 93 from April to June

slick Willie likes em young

got it real tuff

@chrismayfield4345

6 жыл бұрын

Norman Buffett what?

Sorry to say that the only part of the base that I recognized in your entire footage was the tower. A hell of a lot has changed since 1988, especially the complete absence of the "Green House" gun school, demolished several years ago. :(

@michaelb.8953

4 жыл бұрын

I was there in 89-90 and sad to hear that they demolished my old gunners mate school. Like you the only bldg. I recognized was the tower. Seems like they have it a lot cushier now as we didn't have our own head in our room along with a kitchenette, and everything else you would need at your fingertips. That mess hall blew me away with the choices that they had, I'm jealous as I wish I was now young enough to go back in.

@Gunners_Mate_Guns

4 жыл бұрын

@@michaelb.8953 Testify When I found about the loss of the "Green House," I was surprised by how sad that made me. I went there from February-November, finishing the MK42 school before moving on to the fleet. Time marches on, right? It's good to hear from another Gunner's Mate who was there very close to the same time that I was.

@tstahler5420

3 жыл бұрын

I passed GM phase 1 but rocked out of BEE. The GM school was a work of art, it should have been saved.

@Gunners_Mate_Guns

3 жыл бұрын

@@tstahler5420 Interesting to hear from someone who went through later than I did. Clearly, GM school had finally incorporated the BEE course by the time you were there. Sorry to hear that you rocked out, too. FWIW, when I was there, the BEE course was a standalone course that we all had to pass before moving on to the GM school itself, and believe me, I knew dozens of guys who rocked out of BEE. I never knew or even heard of anyone who rocked out of GM 'A' school itself, but honestly I have no idea how anyone who had passed the minimum standards of the ASVAB before enlisting couldn't pass it, LOL. However, we had one guy in our class of the MK42 'C' school who actually rocked out on his final exam, which I found so embarrassing for him. He was a heavy drinker who really didn't put any effort into school, though. MK42 school was definitely tougher than the 'A' school, but anyone rocking out of it after having made it through the other two schools first *really* had to drop the ball. Glad to hear from another guy who went to the same place, even though you didn't quite make it through. I wish I could do it all over again.

U guys have it made. They didn't have half that stuff when l was in.

Thank you so much for this video! I leave for boot camp in February 2018, and will continue school in Great Lakes afterwards, and I don't really know what to expect!

@chrismayfield4345

7 жыл бұрын

Riley Mocabee what's your rate? I can probably explain a little more for ya!

@rileymocabee9510

7 жыл бұрын

I will be an ET. My main concern as far as "A" and "C" schools go are what the living situations will be for my wife. We already found out that she will have to stay in my hometown (while I live in the barracks) while I'm going to the first school, and then they should be able to move her to Great Lakes while I'm going to my ET school, which is 42 weeks.

@chrismayfield4345

7 жыл бұрын

+Riley Mocabee while you're in boot camp she will have to stay behind but as soon as you get to this command you can fill out the paperwork to have her moved up here. Since you're already married the navy will pay for the move. Since she's already on his page two things will move pretty quick. It shouldn't take but a week or two as far as I know. You'll have a barracks room where you will stay every 4 days for duty but you get to go home every night after that. Also if your C school is too short, the navy won't pay for her to move but you can always choose to move her yourself!

@7pines77

6 жыл бұрын

Riley Mocabee hooyah!!!

@darkness082

6 жыл бұрын

I'm shipping out to boot camp in February 2018 as well! I'll see you then.

Who remembers the Ron Rick Motel? #1 place my RDC’s said to stay away from. Everything looks different AF except for the NEX & the old medical clinic. Recruit Division 546 Ship 06 here, year 2000! Is Captain Gaant still the CO of RTC???

you are fucking hilarious😂😂 "they see me rolling"

way diffrent than when i was there in 1989

@daviddrum8877

3 жыл бұрын

@Tyler Sutherlan o k than it was a typo

I only been in that Galley once. And that was 9/11/01 for lunch because they kicked all of the civilians off base and all that was left was the military personnel cause everything was closed. Very strange not seeing the very old Green Glass Gun School in front of the galley. So much has changed. The only real thing I noticed that was still there was the track, galley, and the navy fed.

Stationed their in '69 - '70, did not recognize anything other than Bldg 1.

@retiredguyadventures6211

3 жыл бұрын

Same here. I didn't recognize anything other than the tower. I was lucky enough to be stationed in the old WW2 wooden barracks during Radar A school over the winter...

I was there in 2007 - 2008. I wonder if the USS Essex is still there. Thats my old barracks

'04 alumni out of corps school. Id give just about anything to own one of those bad ass homes next to the old theater. Brought back a lot of old memories, and glad to see Navy kept renovating the place. Oh yeah, that beach didn't have sand while I was there, only a bunch of dark pebbles.

Which camp is this Camp Moffett, camp Barry or Dewey Combination? its been a long time for me.

went there FTG school in 1976 and boot

can you get rooms like these during A school or did you get a nice room like that because you were in a special situation?

Looks like Disney World compared to what it did back in 1986.

I went to boot camp there, arrival date Nov.27, 1989 about 3 am. It was the middle of winter and freaking cold ! I never in my life up to that point never experienced cold weather like that.. I want to compare it to Antarctica, almost..

@Gunners_Mate_Guns

5 жыл бұрын

Glad to at least hear from someone close to the time frame that I was there! I was in boot camp from September to November of 1987, then over to the other side of the base from December of 1987 to October 1988. I saw something I had never before scene on December 15, 1987: a snow-thunder, i.e. green lightning jumping from cloud to cloud during a sever snowstorm with 60+ mph winds. I know the exact date because at the time, we were all in formation to get our pay, always held on the first and fifteenth of each month at the time.

@michaelb.8953

4 жыл бұрын

That's funny as I was just telling my son today about when I was in Great Lakes "A" school in the winter of 1989 and it was -50 below zero with that wind whipping off of Lake Michigan. I remember that exact same time frame that you're talking about as I arrived in Great Lakes "A" school in October of 1989 and was there until May of 1990. I started boot camp across the street in July of 1989 and that was a really hot summer with the temps getting upwards of 100 degrees. Sucks being in boot with those kind of temps, but better that than the alternative of shoveling snow at 3am. My daughter is there now at Great Lakes boot camp getting ready to graduate in about two weeks with her twin brother getting ready to depart for there in about a week or so.

Is there a marine detachment on base?

I work on this base 😮

Are civilians allowed to go to the epicenter or the base at all

Chris< you didnt show mcdonalds restaurant inside the Base

How is there a queen size bed tho ?

Which camp? Moffet, Dewey?

Are there a lot of barracks that look like your? Because I seen other videos that have 4 or 6 people in one room.

@chrismayfield4345

7 жыл бұрын

Julia V. C they're all pretty similar. Some are a little bigger than mine however they'll have a bunk for someone else. That'd be the most basic setup I'd say. It's technically divided rooms with 4 total people.

@abrahambuell3229

4 жыл бұрын

Julia V. C you’re talking about the 600s barracks. I’m currently in 632 USS Farragut. 4 to a room. Everything is brick. Oldest buildings on base

Theres another bigger Navy Exchange out side that base down Green Bay Road.

where is snipes castle and the old abandon mansion? 81-82

@Gunners_Mate_Guns

5 жыл бұрын

Good question!

@JerryKBunch

11 ай бұрын

I was in MM A School in 73. The old snipes castle. Bunk beds in barracks.

Dang them products is out it ain’t caged no nothing😭💀✋🏽

I was on the hospital side, 88-90

@chrismayfield4345

6 жыл бұрын

Brian Bayer wow! Near the cemetery?

Is this the place where Bootcamp is at or is this where A school is?

I'm Shipping out Aug 8th for BM in the Navy. Wanted to know if u knew when you could get leave.. Is it after u graduate? Or after your A School? Thanks..

@chrismayfield4345

7 жыл бұрын

BJ Sheppard You're gonna have to wait till after A school. You're a BM so you'll class up pretty fast. Regardless you get the weekend with family right after graduation!

@bjsheppard4597

7 жыл бұрын

Ok Cool.. U think that's a pretty good job? BM that is

@chrismayfield4345

7 жыл бұрын

BJ Sheppard I think it's a good job if you're a really hands on person. They're definitely important in keeping the ship afloat.

@navy4735

7 жыл бұрын

the BM rating is VERY demanding. You will do a lot, never boring, you do all things that pertain to the running of the ship on deck, from maintenance to actually driving the ship up on the bridge, you will stand watch while underway and that is done 24/7 as you can see from the USS Fitz ...look out watches are of utter importance for the safety of the ship, 7 sailors were killed because of improper watch. You will rotate on watch and there are some days you will have little sleep....for example if you have the balls to 4 then guess what, you get to bed at 330 and you are up at 0600 , Reveille. You have to press on, then it rotates accordingly then you will have the 4 to 8 watch etc etc etc....when I was in 98 to 06 there really wasn't an school for BM everything was all on job training from what I heard...saw.......now they class up pretty fast , but from knowing BM on board ship ...its pretty techincal you have to know a lot of stuff, incredible how much you have to know.......they do everything.

@dizzyfell6

7 жыл бұрын

After "A" school you'll be eligible for leave. What other jobs they offered you?

Well the food court is the same as I remember from 10 years ago, lol.

Mini K Fed

A PINK skirt REALLY?! COME ON!

"cause you almost ran her over with your sick wheels" lmao, also flip your phone pls

@chrismayfield4345

7 жыл бұрын

Kammy Investing in a camera this week! Lol thanks for the feedback

was there in 1971 color company 257 it was like full metal jacket not that sissy shit they do now!

Must be nice lol

His rooms luxurious af compared to mine. Damn. How do I get there 😂

We’re you not allowed to film? Your camera work was hard to see anything

You’re complaining about $2.21? Where have you been? A cave?

What***

No seatbelt?

Aye be careful posting this stuff

@chrismayfield4345

6 жыл бұрын

Matt Keller appreciate it. I️ got the ‘okay’ from my chain of command, though.

@shittybill7322

5 жыл бұрын

Matt Keller stfu boot you’ve probably been in less than a year or some shit

@Mark-OutWest

3 жыл бұрын

@@shittybill7322 STFU "tough guy" because you ain't tough.

Haircuts are $8.75, scissor cuts are $10.50.

Gas was cheap when Trump was President! 🇺🇸

A dude wearing a pink skirt doesn't help.

@chrismayfield4345

3 жыл бұрын

lol i hope this made u feel so good

@actsismmljcorrectlyobeyed6190

3 жыл бұрын

@@chrismayfield4345 Yeah real men enjoy seeing effiminate colors on betas. Solid point